Hannah Porter
| Birth name | Hannah Myers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 September 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hannah Porter (née Myers; b. 28 September 1979) is a former female rugby union player. She represented New Zealand in fifteens and sevens rugby, and played for Auckland and Otago provincially. She was in the squad that won the 2002 and 2006 Rugby World Cups.[1][2]
Porter was a member of the first official New Zealand women's sevens team who competed in the 2000 Hong Kong Sevens.[1][3] She later captained the Black Ferns sevens at the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai.[4][5]
Porter was appointed as the Black Ferns manager at the 2010 Rugby World Cup.[6][1] In 2017, She was later appointed as their campaign manager at the Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[1]
In September 2022, Porter was confirmed as the Head of Women’s High Performance at New Zealand Rugby.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b c d "2000 New Zealand Women's sevens team - Where Are They Now?". All Blacks. 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Black Ferns World Cup squad named". NZ Herald. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "Looking back: Black Ferns Sevens in Hong Kong (2000)". allblacks.com. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ a b "New Zealand Rugby appoints former Black Fern Hannah Porter as head of women's high performance". Stuff. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Hannah Porter appointed in newly formed role of Head of Women's High Performance". NZ Rugby. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ IRB (17 March 2010). "World Cup winner to manage Black Ferns". Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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